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The research group carries out interdisciplinary research that combines molecular genetics, genomics and biotechnology with classical breeding of crop plants in order to meet the demand for yield, quality, new products and low input under changing climate conditions.

To enable this, plant genetic resources have been established such as genotyped collections of barley, wheat, pea and carrots and mutant populations. A platform, using conventional quantitative genetics and molecular marker technology with complementing approaches of QTL analysis and genome-wide association scan (GWAS), has been built for analysis of complex traits.

This will enable genomic selection and New Breeding Technologies such as site-directed mutagenesis and use of pre-breeding technologies.

Research centres

is a joint project on education and research between the eight Danish universities, the Danish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education, the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The overall aim of SDC is to promote and strengthen collaboration between Danish and Chinese research and learning environments for the benefit of both countries.